Improvement in printers  galleys



W. T. TILLINGHAST- Printers Galley.

' No. 208,348. Patnted Sept. 24,1878.

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WILLIAM T. TILLINGHAST, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PRINTERS GALLEYS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,348, dated September 24, 1878; application filed July 20, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. T. TILLINGHAST, of Boston, county of Suflolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Printers Galleys, of which the following description, in connection with the drawing forming a part thereof, is a specification.

This invention relates to printers galleys; and consists in the combination, with the galley-frame and side-stick, provided with a series of inclined faces, of a series of shouldered quoins and set-screws to hold them in adjusted position,the said set-screws extending through elongated slots in the side rails of the galley; and, besides acting as set-screws, they also prevent the quoins rising from between the side rail and side-stick, and always maintain the quoins connected with the side rail.

Figure 1 represents, in plan view, aprinters galley constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof; and Fig. 3, across-section on the line as m, Fig. 1.

The galley is composed of a bottom plate, a,

the section, Fig. 3. These quoins have beveled faces, which co-operate with the inclines it i, &c., forming part of the side-stick k, which has its straight side pressed against the type. The shoulders f, extended into the slots, as shown at the left of Fig. 1, act to guide the quoins in a straight line and hold them down between the side rail and side-stick, assisting the screws h, which, without the shoulders, would hold the quoins down and guide them. Each quoin has a set-screw, which, extended through a slot in the side rail, permits the quoin to be quickly adjusted, and to be held securely in adjusted position, thereby making a very sim-' ple and efiective galley.

I claim- A printers galley provided with quoins g, having shoulders f, which project into and permit the movement of the quoins in longitudinal slots in the side rail, 0, and combined with screws h, all constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM T. TILLINGHAST.

*itnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, N. E. WHITNEY. 

